Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight

Today's word is muster.

Today's word is muster...not mustard the yellow stuff that tastes great on french fries. :)

Muster as in rouse...assembly.  I like assembly to arouse oneself LOL.

Not that way silly :) ... I mean to motivate yourself to continue forward when all you want to do is bury your head in a pillow.  Muster.  A word that I need to embrace.

I think it's funny how many people ask if I am always happy.  "Are ya crazy?!" I think.  I have had enough stress and drama in the last five years...the last 9 months to launch a whole season of life time movies!

I pray every day to have joy in my heart.  Some days I do and some days I don't. 

These days I am feeling the need to muster...assemble...what I need to dig in and keep moving forward in the direction I want to go.   I use the tools I tell you about.  I have not used them lately. 

Working 7 days a week can distract you a bit and wear you out.  But that's what you do when you are starting over once again.  Not complaining...just stating a fact.  It's easy though to then lose sight of what it is you want.

What I have said I wanted...well that blow up or at least the version I was looking at. So I need to regroup and to be honest I didn't have the heart to do that until now.

Now it's time to use those tools again that I believe in.  It's time to pull out the big paper, the markers and get to dreaming again. Clear out the mind clutter and get clear and focused.  Nothing does that better than big, blank paper and a great supply of markers.

Step 2 is then assembling...mustering what I need to get those dreams.

But first things first...paper and markers here I come.

 

Be better today.

Be better today than you were yesterday. You don't have to move mountains.  You just need to be a better you.

Kinder...more thoughtful...taking the time to connect with someone else.

I watched people yesterday.  Heard some things about others.  Not kind, not thoughtful.  I wondered at the end of the day ""and the point of that behavior was?"

I am not perfect.  I am sure there are times I am not kind or as kind as I could be.  But it is how I start my day...how I want to be.  Sometimes that train falls off the tracks!  :)  But at least I know it.

I want to be better than I was yesterday...what do you want?

No...it's today's word.

It's a simple word...only two letters but it's very hard word to say. 

It's a word that can haveall sorts of emotions tied up with it.  Rejection, failure...

But we give it those emotional ties.  It's a word. 

It's a direction. Yes takes us one way.  No takes us another. 

When we say it we need to mean it.  Then stand up for it. Even if the person we have said no to doesn't accept it. 

You can use the broken record response.  Just say the same thing over and over.  No added words.  No more explanation. After a while they may get it...or not.  But you stand firm.

Someone I know said no to someone last night.  He continued to bug her.  She didn't know what to do.  I said you say it again.  And by the way feel free to stand here by me when you say it.  He did not ask again.

Sometimes we need to help people say no.  They do not want to seem mean or unfriendly.  It is not about that...truly it's not.  If someone asks you something and you respond with "no" that is one of your choices.  Own it.  Be firm with it if that is want you want to say. 

And if someone won't take no for an answer...feel free to come and stand by me.  I will back you up.

 

Today's word is fun.

Have some today...fun that is.  Do something you enjoy.  Something that makes you smile and better than that...something that makes you laugh.

I am enjoying watching the Milwaukee Brewers this season.  And do you know why?  They look like they are having fun.  They smile big wide smiles...they support each other and just plain look like they are having fun.  Of course winning helps things feel more fun.  But maybe when things feel fun winning happens more.   Hhhmmmmm...a thought to ponder in our own lives.

 

Time-out a very lovely word for adults..not so much for kids!

Time-out is a lovely word for adults.  It means to me to take a break..step aside. Rest, reflect, rejuvenate and then get back at it.

For kids time-out can feel like a punishment because actually that is what it is mean to be. Benched, restricted.

What a different point of view twenty years can give you :)!

Check under your "hood".

It's a phrase we hear...check under your hood and make sure things are running right.  If it can work for your car...I am thinking it's good advise for your life too.

Lift up your "hood" and see how things are are running.  Do you have enough fuel?  Need to change an attitude or two :) ?  Every once in awhile you rotate your tires...what can you shift in your life that could make a hugh difference.  Maybe how you spend your time...

Checking under your "hood" is like prevention work for your car.  Maybe you can spot something that is a little off before it goes completely whacky.  A little attention now could payoff big down the road.

At least that is what my car mechanic says!  :)

Today's word is important.

What is important to you?

What would you fight for?

What would you fight against?

Just askin'...

Today's word is challenge.

Challenge sometimes feels like a negative word.  It really isn't.  It can inspire...enlightened...enrich you.

Today challenge yourself. 

To be more than you were yesterday.  More funny, more kind, more sensual, more caring...more of you. 

We will all be better off. :)

 

Forget your carbon footprint...how's your cosmic one?

You hear a lot about the carbon footprints we leave. 

All week I have been thinking about our cosmic footprints. What we put out into the world by our actions...our attitudes.  How are your cosmic footprints these days? What are you putting out there?

I saw someone this week who I had not seen for many years. She not only remembered me but she remembered my dog Ethel. It was a delightful flashback... We had made an impression on her and her family and they had certainly made one on me.

That got me to thinking about the footsteps we leave.  Whether it is a close friend or the person we cut off in traffic.  We leave an impression...a footstep.  

What kind of impression are you leaving?  Should you even care?  I think we should to a point.  We all get to live our own lives.  Even if others don't agree with us. 

I have always believed that folks can do whatever they want to do as long as they don't hurt anyone else. But we are all part of a bigger picture...a bigger community.  I would hope we would all want to leave it a bit better because we were here. That's where your footprint comes in :)  The mark you are leaving as you move through your life.

What are yours saying about you?

Today's word is rash.

Doing something rash...out of your comfort zone can be challenging. But it can also be exhilarating.

A friend of mine needed something done.  She said someone did something rash and got it done for her.  She is not sure what it was but it did the trick. Maybe he reached out to someone else.  Maybe he put himself on the line.  Whatever it was...he felt it was rash...and she got want she needed. :) And I am thinking he is feeling pretty good...

When was the last time you did something out of your comfort zone?  I am not saying do something stupid...I am saying every once in awhile do something out of your comfort zone.  Be rash...and see how it feels. :)